Ensembles of three to seven musicians meet weekly in independent rehearsals and supervised coaching sessions with music faculty. The program includes classical, jazz, contemporary, ethnic, and folk ensembles.
In this course, you'll be assigned into small groups of two to six musicians based on your instrument or voice, interests, and the genre or style of music you're interested in. This includes same-family or mixed instrumental groups, vocal ensembles, acoustic-contemporary groups, and ethnic bands. Recent ensembles include our jazz combo, cello choir, string trio, string quartet, piano trio, flute quartet, and woodwind quintet. Your two hours of practice per week, scheduled collaboratively, are divided between student-run rehearsals and faculty-directed coaching sessions.
You'll learn repertoire and effective rehearsal techniques, improve your performance and expressive ability, and develop problem-solving, leadership, teamwork, and interpersonal communication skills.